The bunnies are facing another catastrophe as they try to find a balance between their 2012 powergame and general incompetency of our backs.
With no hope left for the season and next year, the game presents as an opportunity for Souths to blood as many juniors and bears players as possible, but instead the coaching staff have gone for another "try and die" approach. The old excuse book is out already. There is a bookmark from a round in 2015 we can use again like they do with horoscopes in the newspapers.
Regrettably there are probably about 8 bunnies players who are not at nrl standard at the moment and only 2 that are peaking.
The cowboys will know that renno never runs at the line, sutto is too slow, Cody wanted out of Souths, Goodwin and Tyrell have been betrayed, Jennings is too young and on it goes.
They can expect interchanges to be made at the worst possible time unless we are losing 12 nil after 10 minutes.
Execution will be poor with a number of handling errors and missed tackles. Souths will lose the possession battle too.
My fave cowboy at the moment would be Morgan who is simply breathtaking in his application to all facets of the modern game. Some of his passes this year have been perfect to the sub-atomic scale. He is the most underrated player in the game by about the distance between the earth and the sun.
Kylie feldt, who is the cats whiskers of wingers. I would have preferred to recruit him over my friend Dane anyday. He's worth the price of admission on his own. Wonderful player, it lifts the soul and spirit to watch him play.,
Linnette on a good day can outplay Morgan.
Granville is a natural destroyer of Souths. He lifts 300% playing us and has destroyed us single handedly in the past. I wish he wasn't playing.
The $10m guy, well not as dominant as previously but still a freak player with no fear.
The only suspect player for the cows is tia Maria and that's due to residual injury worries.
The cows have state of origin players on their bench and that shows the enormous depth and wealth of talent at their disposal. In turn due to excellent managers and recruiting staff.
Green will play with Souths, get us thinking it will be wrestle and then unleash the hell. Bodies in motion, options, kicks, second phase and so forth. Souths will run one-out for 76 minutes and a kick on the fifth.
The score could be anything. If the cows click, it could be by at least 30.
My only criticism of the cows selections is that they have nominated a side that is too strong and powerful and therefore placing key players at risk. They will easily win this match with a second tier and a couple of rookies.
And the nice thing for the cows, a special and important point is that jt is no longer mandatory. They have more than enough love in the players to trounce most sides without him.
With all the tributes and jt fest, let's not forget he has made a few mistakes in his personal life. But he's owned up and is probably the best ambassador for the game of all time.
All the legends and self flogging immortals pale into insignificance against a Thurston giving a disabled or geniused kid a tee, jersey or helmet. Such unselfishness is awe inspiring. He knows love and respect is worth more than any momento etc
"Game off " I suppose. Let's see how I go...if I made a mistake above, then I was too kind to Souths with the current state of denial and raw prawning at the club at the moment. Very sad.
If reggie rabbit could talk, he'd be begging to stay at home under a meadow- anywhere but at the game.